Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Tomas Szepe <> | Date | Thu, 02 Jan 2003 22:39:14 +0100 | Subject | [unify netdev config 21/22] Add the unified NETDEVICES submenu |
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diff -urN a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig 2003-01-02 22:05:15.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig 2003-01-02 22:05:21.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,42 @@ # # Network device configuration # -source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" + +config NETDEVICES + depends on NET + bool "Network device support" + ---help--- + You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to + any other computer at all or if all your connections will be over a + telephone line with a modem either via UUCP (UUCP is a protocol to + forward mail and news between unix hosts over telephone lines; read + the UUCP-HOWTO, available from + <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>) or dialing up a shell + account or a BBS, even using term (term is a program which gives you + almost full Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up + shell account on some Internet connected Unix computer. Read + <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). + + You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that + you want to use under Linux (make sure you know its name because you + will be asked for it and read the Ethernet-HOWTO (especially if you + plan to use more than one network card under Linux)) or if you want + to use SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol is the protocol used to + send Internet traffic over telephone lines or null modem cables) or + CSLIP (compressed SLIP) or PPP (Point to Point Protocol, a better + and newer replacement for SLIP) or PLIP (Parallel Line Internet + Protocol is mainly used to create a mini network by connecting the + parallel ports of two local machines) or AX.25/KISS (protocol for + sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links). + + Make sure to read the NET-3-HOWTO. Eventually, you will have to read + Olaf Kirch's excellent and free book "Network Administrator's + Guide", to be found in <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#guide>. If + unsure, say Y. + +if NETDEVICES + source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" +endif config DUMMY tristate "Dummy net driver support" @@ -2511,3 +2546,4 @@ source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" +source "drivers/atm/Kconfig" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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